Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
AESCHYLUSIn war, the first casualty is truth.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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Suffering brings experience.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.
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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
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They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.
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